Questions to Answer: 1) What are some of the great things we could do with a 7th period?
2) How might the group(s) I’m representing benefit from the addition of a 7th period?
3) How might Loyola as a school / community benefit from the addition of a 7th period?
Ground Rules:
1) Anything goes... as long as it's positive.
2) Share one idea at a time. (1-2 minute max)
3) Everyone shares!
Positive Ideas from Angela's Group:
Brainstorming / December 7, 2010 / H104
Moderator: Angela Moran
Participants: Judy Dell'Amico, Bill Slocum, Chris Walter, Carlos Enriquez, Brian Kwan, April Hannah
1. Open up time for music classes–brain balance
2. For summer school: nice to have some flexibility of extra meeting time (hard to coordinate meetings)
3. Easy sell to donors for either more academic or theological time
4. Major clubs: would cut down on outside of time school (newspaper, yearbook)
5. Possibility of doing online, web–based classes; interactions with other schools; languages and/or foreign country outreach
6. More instructional time; we are significantly less than the average amount of instructional time for many other schools
7. Directed study/library research time; classes could have a period where they would have the ability to get assistance
8. For ComServ: more time to get reflections done so that they were not interfering with lunches; some time for dialogue and discussion
9. Summer session: a number of kids feel the need to take classes during the summer (e.g., theology, health); having 7th period would allow them to get all classes in during the regular year so that summer was a real break (and save money)
10. Advancement: one of the next two phases is in the arts (arts calling for longer periods); time would allow for this
11. Also: other clubs (e.g., band, acting); more than two semesters will allow for a better, more productive experience
12. Opportunity to introduce block schedules; helps cut down on time wasted in passing between classes
13. For science: labs having more time to include data analysis and time for discussion makes a big difference in terms of learning
14. Opportunity to tighten up bell schedules (reduce/streamline the number of schedules)
15. Time to explore careers–create classes to explore business, medicine, etc. Students would be able to get a feel for what each profession entails
16. Nice to have additional time for intradepartmental collaboration (especially for departments with a lot of coaches) PROTECTED time in the school day to collaborate that doesn't detract from prep time
17. Time for students to do stuff who are here very early or very late
18. Possibility of doing athletic classes (athletics would be another class); reduce stress on teachers and allow teachers /coaches to make activities part of their daily routine
19. Students would have less to worry about each night if there were fewer classes in each day
20. Free period available to catch up on wrk
21. Collegiate type of schedule (classes not necesarily meeting on sequential days); get kids used to managing time and experience to what their college experience will be
22. Opportunity to combine algebra/geometry to allow students more flexibility to achieve class goals
23. If there are club/athletic classes: would allow participants to get home earlier (for example, activities start at 1:30 and end at 3:30 as opposed to 5)
24. Add extra classes: to address both students on the top and bottom ends (enrichment and remediation)
25. Also for APs: not much time compared to other schools
26. Have protected time for faculty office hours (not necessarily every day)
27. For example at Notre Dame: 90 minute "X period" (teachers required to be in a certain location for first half); for tutoring, making up exams
28. Extra free period for faculty to do professional development (technology, etc.)
29. Extra time to observe other teachers
30. Opportunity to introduce other types of theology classes; creating theology classes that serve the spirit of the student
31. Possibility to return to same model being used if things don't work out; we'll never know what could be if we don't try new things
32. Possibility of doing online classes (for health, general requirement classes); expose students to online instruction
33. Many other schools have athletic periods; been a topic of discussion for some time
34. Also if athletic class is last hour, then there's less disruption to classes if students have to leave for a game
35. More time for students to utilize counseling department (see counselors); counselor "office hours"
36. Writing workshop for students (and research class/service)
37. Also possibility of creating cafeteria on campus for students to actually be able to eat lunch
38. Time for students to do service hours if they are not involved with sports
39. Time for peer tutoring so that students can help each other
40. Nutrition class for students; and/or vocationally–oriented classes
41. Incorporating PE and/or some kind of physical activity time
Positive Ideas from Jason's Group:
MAJOR POINT IS THAT THIS WILL REDUCE STRESS OF STUDENTS
Helps to set students up in the freshman year for college in the long run-because counselors can meet with students and prepare them
Can provide guidance class
Reduce the stress of college applications; students and teachers may use extra time to ease the burden of the application process
Allow for more time to pursue the arts. Only 78 of 350 freshman take the arts, so more classes will allow more flexibility
Allow for the possibility of an X period that will allow the school an opportunity for advising, make-up quizzes, liturgies, awards, admin. meetings, faculty office hours, etc. Essentially, any school activity that carves time out of time may be handled during this period.
Possibility for technology classes.
Possibility for moving everything back to allow more time for student athletes to study and coaches to go home earlier
Possibility for students and teachers to start earlier and later depending on scheduling;
MAJOR POINT IS THAT A 7 PERIOD SCHEDULE WILL ALLOW FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN SCHEDULE
Possibility of smaller classes
Possibility for coaches to teach 4 classes and have one class devoted to their sport
Opens the door for interdisciplinary courses.
Opens the door for possible quarter system.
MAJOR POINT IS THAT IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE CLASSES THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE- MORE FUN
4 years of art and music will be possible
Provide time for more lab time (math and science in particular)
Create an opportunity to expand our tutoring program. Peer-to-peer tutoring is effective and an extra period may create a door for this to occur; this exemplifies the Jesuit tradition, allows resume building for college aps., students served adequately.
Could put music ensembles into the curriculum
Provide an opportunity for enrichment courses
Would make year long sequential classes possible
Possibility for many elective courses such as Speech and Debate, Public Speaking, Culinary Arts, SAT, etc.
Would allow us to catch up with more progressive schools who are our competitors, especially in the Arts and Humanities
Provide an opportunity for Creative Writing and classes for Literary Art magazines
Allow an opportunity for enrichment classes to help students who struggle with the curriculum
More time for students to meet with teachers since teachers may have more time for office hours
Provides an opportunity for coaches and student athletes to go home earlier if the schedule were pushed back- more study time for students
Additional senior elective courses such as Business Mathematics
Creates an opportunity for more collaboration among departments
Increased salary for teachers
Creates an opportunity for a study hall course
Creates an opportunity for a study skills course that may help freshmen develop confidence as students
Early intervention course type class may be offered at the freshmen level
Creates an opportunity for adding a double period to some classes
Courses may be created to help close the achievement gap for struggling students at Loyola
May create the likelihood of more instructional minutes
Extra period may help offset the absences of student athletes
May eliminate the need for an advising period giving teachers more time for prep work
Allow more opportunity for students to write and teachers to grade this writing
May create an opportunity for classes in the Arts such as AP 3-D Design, printmaking; a byproduct is to represent new teacher's strengths.
With more art classes it would formalize the art program as a vehicle for critical thinking
Enrichment classes and possibilities (Speech and Debate, SAT, various electives, etc.)
Opportunity for smaller class sizes
More department time for collaboration
Possibility for teachers to have two prep periods allowing them more time for grading and class preparation
Arts program may expand into more studio space
Arts may be integrated throughout the curriculum
Freshman may have a class devoted to how they may become successful at Loyola
May help to offset the number of absences among athletes
Possibility for a double prep. period for teachers
Possibility for a Humanities Academy for freshman; no need for UC approval
Creation of a well-rounded student who is exposed to a greater variety of course work
More opportunities to help teachers with technology
Potential non-rotating schedule with lead for more opportunities for tech team to sort out problems
Positive Ideas from Robb's Group:
Allow flexibility to take physical education classes and stay in line with state framework
Earlier start can help with dealing with traffic
add non-academic or elective classes
Just have a free period for students to lower stress
More time for counselors to see students outside of class
Lead to more staff
More preparation for AP and SAT tests in the Spring
More time for lab work for disciplines that need hands on activities
AP Bio and others need a third semester
Build in an extra advising class to help students prepare for college and other issues
Start sports practices earlier and get students home earlier
Block scheduling possibility for certain departments
Faculty can get together in departments much more easily
Students can meet in clubs or other activities
Non-academic activities can meet and create classes like newspaper, yearbook, Speech and Debate
Create time for office hours for teachers to meet with students needing help
Reduces stress for students because chance to participate or get help from teachers and others
Class led by students who are helping each other or doing independent studies
Students in the class teach the teacher of the class
Students can take other types of classes that are not necessarily A-G academic classes: gardening, Women's Studies, culinary arts
Classes should be non A-G classes and should be less stressful
Meditation class that would fit in with Ignatian theology
We need to develop all parts of the student and we are currently missing the activity aspect of the student
More time to discuss pedagogy across the disciplines between teachers
Need to discuss with students about pressures students are dealing with outside of school on life skills and dealing with relationships with girls
Have a chance for visitations from girls' schools to talk about life skills
Life skills-seniors could be paired up with freshmen to talk about social issues
Teachers can teach their passions-example: environmental design class as an extension of AP Environmental Science
We can add APs that we don't offer
Required Theology classes will be able to be done
Would make it possible for students to take theology during the year rather than during the Summer
Theology would be seen more as a priority because students would feel that they could take it during the year
Humanities Academy would have more of a possibility of structure and integration into school schedule
Expedite construction of new building
Help with recruitment of activities that are non-sports related during the freshman year to build up future years
Could make the extra period an optional hourly class where students choose which days and times to meet
Roaming attendance for students to meet on different areas of campus
Would not require more teachers
Would not need more classrooms
Allows students to choose different areas of interest and not to be locked into one activity
Allows sports coaches to start practice earlier, have the same time for practice, but students can go home earlier than now
Hire more teachers and expand experience and knowledge to the campus
Add field trips to the campus
Go off campus to eat with classes
Might allow more class time
Double time for classes for projects like science classes
Finish some classes in a semester not a year
Team teaching for seminars
Life lab-life skills applied to students' life
Community building exercises for the whole school community
If we did 7 periods, we would have more minutes of time to teach based upon a teacher's computation
This previous point is not guaranteed but based upon a teacher's hypothetical calculation
1) What are some of the great things we could do with a 7th period?
2) How might the group(s) I’m representing benefit from the addition of a 7th period?
3) How might Loyola as a school / community benefit from the addition of a 7th period?
Ground Rules:
1) Anything goes... as long as it's positive.
2) Share one idea at a time. (1-2 minute max)
3) Everyone shares!
Positive Ideas from Angela's Group:
Brainstorming / December 7, 2010 / H104Moderator: Angela Moran
Participants: Judy Dell'Amico, Bill Slocum, Chris Walter, Carlos Enriquez, Brian Kwan, April Hannah
1. Open up time for music classes–brain balance
2. For summer school: nice to have some flexibility of extra meeting time (hard to coordinate meetings)
3. Easy sell to donors for either more academic or theological time
4. Major clubs: would cut down on outside of time school (newspaper, yearbook)
5. Possibility of doing online, web–based classes; interactions with other schools; languages and/or foreign country outreach
6. More instructional time; we are significantly less than the average amount of instructional time for many other schools
7. Directed study/library research time; classes could have a period where they would have the ability to get assistance
8. For ComServ: more time to get reflections done so that they were not interfering with lunches; some time for dialogue and discussion
9. Summer session: a number of kids feel the need to take classes during the summer (e.g., theology, health); having 7th period would allow them to get all classes in during the regular year so that summer was a real break (and save money)
10. Advancement: one of the next two phases is in the arts (arts calling for longer periods); time would allow for this
11. Also: other clubs (e.g., band, acting); more than two semesters will allow for a better, more productive experience
12. Opportunity to introduce block schedules; helps cut down on time wasted in passing between classes
13. For science: labs having more time to include data analysis and time for discussion makes a big difference in terms of learning
14. Opportunity to tighten up bell schedules (reduce/streamline the number of schedules)
15. Time to explore careers–create classes to explore business, medicine, etc. Students would be able to get a feel for what each profession entails
16. Nice to have additional time for intradepartmental collaboration (especially for departments with a lot of coaches) PROTECTED time in the school day to collaborate that doesn't detract from prep time
17. Time for students to do stuff who are here very early or very late
18. Possibility of doing athletic classes (athletics would be another class); reduce stress on teachers and allow teachers /coaches to make activities part of their daily routine
19. Students would have less to worry about each night if there were fewer classes in each day
20. Free period available to catch up on wrk
21. Collegiate type of schedule (classes not necesarily meeting on sequential days); get kids used to managing time and experience to what their college experience will be
22. Opportunity to combine algebra/geometry to allow students more flexibility to achieve class goals
23. If there are club/athletic classes: would allow participants to get home earlier (for example, activities start at 1:30 and end at 3:30 as opposed to 5)
24. Add extra classes: to address both students on the top and bottom ends (enrichment and remediation)
25. Also for APs: not much time compared to other schools
26. Have protected time for faculty office hours (not necessarily every day)
27. For example at Notre Dame: 90 minute "X period" (teachers required to be in a certain location for first half); for tutoring, making up exams
28. Extra free period for faculty to do professional development (technology, etc.)
29. Extra time to observe other teachers
30. Opportunity to introduce other types of theology classes; creating theology classes that serve the spirit of the student
31. Possibility to return to same model being used if things don't work out; we'll never know what could be if we don't try new things
32. Possibility of doing online classes (for health, general requirement classes); expose students to online instruction
33. Many other schools have athletic periods; been a topic of discussion for some time
34. Also if athletic class is last hour, then there's less disruption to classes if students have to leave for a game
35. More time for students to utilize counseling department (see counselors); counselor "office hours"
36. Writing workshop for students (and research class/service)
37. Also possibility of creating cafeteria on campus for students to actually be able to eat lunch
38. Time for students to do service hours if they are not involved with sports
39. Time for peer tutoring so that students can help each other
40. Nutrition class for students; and/or vocationally–oriented classes
41. Incorporating PE and/or some kind of physical activity time
Positive Ideas from Jason's Group:
Positive Ideas from Robb's Group: